Daren (Taitung)
Daren 達仁 鄉 |
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Location Darens in Taitung County |
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State : | Republic of China (Taiwan) | |
County : | Taitung | |
Coordinates : | 22 ° 21 ' N , 120 ° 50' E | |
Area : | 306.4454 km² | |
Residents : | 3,568 (March 2018) | |
Population density : | 12 inhabitants per km² | |
Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | |
Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 89 | |
Postal code : | 966 | |
ISO 3166-2 : | TW-TTT | |
Community type : | Rural community (鄉, Xiāng ) | |
Structure : | 6 villages (村, Cūn ) | |
Mayor : | Wang Guangqing (王光清) | |
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Daren ( Chinese 達仁鄉 , Pinyin Daren Xiang , W.-G. Ta 2 -Jen 2 Hsiang 1 ) is a rural community in Taitung County on Taiwan ( Republic of China ).
Location, geography and climate
Daren is located on the southern tip of Taitung County and borders on neighboring Pingtung County . The adjacent communities are (clockwise from north): Jinfeng , Taimali , Dawu (all in Taitung County) and Mudan , Shizi, and Chunri (the latter all in Pingtung County). The maximum longitudinal extent (in north-northwest direction) of the municipality is about 32 kilometers and the east-west extent varies between about 6 and 18.5 kilometers. In the southern section, the community has about 4.8 kilometers of Pacific coast. Almost the entire municipality is located in the Taiwanese Central Mountains , which here come close to the coast.
population
Daren has about 3500 inhabitants. With a population density of 12 people per km², it is one of the most sparsely populated regions on the entire island of Taiwan. At the end of 2017, according to official statistics, 3276 people, i.e. more than 90% of the population, belonged to the indigenous population . Most of them were Paiwan . The languages spoken here were in 2010 (multiple answers possible, people over 5 years of age): Mandarin 97.3%, Formosa languages 80.4%, Taiwanese 11.7%, Hakka 0.3%, others 3.2%.
Outline of Daren |
Administrative division
Daren is divided into 6 villages (names in Paiwan language, Chinese script and transcription): Tjuamanges / Tjuaqau / Tjuavanaq ( Chinese 台 坂 村 , Taichung), Tjuluqalju / Cuwabar ( 土 坂 村 , Tuban), Kuvareng ( 新化 村 , Xinhua) , Aljungic ( 安 朔 村 , Anshuo), Tjarilik / Morinaga ( 森 永 村 , Senyong) and Ljupetje ( 南 田村 , Nantian).
economy
The main line of business is agriculture. Local products are coffee , olives , herbs, mushrooms and adzuki beans .
Infrastructure
In the southern section (Aljungic / Anshuo) Daren is crossed by the southern connecting line ( 南 迴 線 ) of the Taiwanese railway, which connects the city of Taitung with the municipality of Fangliao in the district of Pingtung. There is no regular train stop in Daren. The Central Tunnel ( 中央 隧道 ) is located on the border with neighboring Pingtung County . At 8,070 meters, it is Taiwan's second-longest railway tunnel. Provincial road 9 runs further south and east of the railway line (through Aljungic / Anshuo and Tjarilik / Senyong).
The community of Daren was temporarily under discussion as one of two possible locations for an interim storage facility for low-level radioactive waste.
tourism
The community has hardly been developed for tourism so far. In addition to nature, the folk culture of the Paiwan, which is expressed in numerous festivals, is worth seeing.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 原住民 戶數 及 人數 Households and Persons of Indigenous People. (xls) Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, accessed May 5, 2018 (Chinese / English).
- ↑ 認識 達仁: 各村 簡介 (“Get to know Daren: village profiles”). Daren Congregation website, accessed May 6, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ 認識 達仁: 農 特 產品 (“Get to know Daren: Agricultural products”). Daren Congregation website, accessed May 6, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ 認識 達仁: 地圖 導覽 ("Get to know Daren: Map Guide"). Daren Congregation website, accessed May 6, 2018 (Chinese).
- ^ Premier Jiang talks with anti-nuclear groups. Executive Yuan, April 3, 2013, accessed May 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Referendums to decide Taiwan's nuclear waste storage site. May 2, 2012, accessed May 26, 2018 .
- ↑ 觀光 旅遊: 在 地 人文 ("Tourist visit: Indigenous people"). Daren Congregation website, accessed May 6, 2018 (Chinese).